Veteran of Confederate States Army and member of the Robert E Lee Camp #158. Migrated to to Arkansas in 1859. Enlisted in 1861 at Green Co, Arkansas. Served in Company E, 5th Arkanss Regiment, Green's Brigade. Participated in all principal battles of Army of Tennessee 1861-65. Captured at Murfreesboro and exchanged at Petersburg, Viginia. Six months later he was re-captured at Jonesboro, Georgia. Never wounded and returned turned to Greene County in May 1865. Moved to Clarkson, Missouri and then to Eastland County, Texas in 1876. Shares headstone with his wife, Mary J Knox. Extracted from "Historic Oakwood Cemetery" compiled by Helen McKelvy Markgraf and Rob G Yoder, Fort Worth Geneaological Society, 1994; and R E Lee Camp #158, Confederate Veterans, Fort Worth, Texas, compiled by Barbara Knox.
Veteran of Confederate States Army and member of the Robert E Lee Camp #158. Migrated to to Arkansas in 1859. Enlisted in 1861 at Green Co, Arkansas. Served in Company E, 5th Arkanss Regiment, Green's Brigade. Participated in all principal battles of Army of Tennessee 1861-65. Captured at Murfreesboro and exchanged at Petersburg, Viginia. Six months later he was re-captured at Jonesboro, Georgia. Never wounded and returned turned to Greene County in May 1865. Moved to Clarkson, Missouri and then to Eastland County, Texas in 1876. Shares headstone with his wife, Mary J Knox. Extracted from "Historic Oakwood Cemetery" compiled by Helen McKelvy Markgraf and Rob G Yoder, Fort Worth Geneaological Society, 1994; and R E Lee Camp #158, Confederate Veterans, Fort Worth, Texas, compiled by Barbara Knox.
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